Kangaroo Mother Care
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I could hear the jingling bells on the midwife’s hand-made, traditional dress as I approached the top of the mountain in Nậm Giang 2 village in the mountains of Lao Cai, Vietnam. Gasping for breath from the hike, I was greeted by the smiling traditional midwife, Ms. Vàng Tả Mẩy,...
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When a new baby enters the world, the focus is often given to the mother and her fundamental role as the lifeline to her small and fragile baby. This relationship is called the mother-baby dyad, and is most important during the first 28 days of a baby's life, also known...
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72 participants from countries all around the world, arrived at the Kangaroo Mother Care workshop in South Africa which was held between March 11 - 13th, representing countries such as Australia, Bangladesh, Ghana, Iran, Malawi, Namibia, Sweden, South Africa and the United States. The objective of the workshop was to...
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HNN Team
This piece was originally published on Makerere University Centre of Excellence for Maternal Newborns and Child Health. My daily work involves moving around six hospitals in East-central Uganda implementing data strengthening interventions to increase capture and quantifying maternal and newborn indicators. Critical to my work is capturing data on babies...
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When Renuka Hadapad gave birth to triplets on 25 October 2016 in Koppal, India she saw little reason to celebrate. The babies were all girls. With two daughters already and a culture favouring male children, Renuka and her husband, Somappa, had hoped for a son. Moreover, despite a seamless birth...
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